Turkey and Syria

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Pompeo and Cavusoglu discuss Operation Peace Spring

Pompeo and Cavusoglu discuss Operation Peace Spring

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held phone talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to discuss the withdrawal of YPG from the Operation Peace Spring area in northern Syria, according …

Lavrov: Turkish operation in Syria completed

Lavrov: Turkish operation in Syria completed

Turkey’s Peace Spring military operation in northeastern Syria is ending, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. According to him, further developments depend on the Kurds withdrawing their military …

Russia and Turkey to combat Syrian separatism

Russia and Turkey to combat Syrian separatism

Russia and Turkey have reiterated their determination to combat terrorism and separatism on the Syrian territory in a joint memorandum signed on the outcomes of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish …

Putin and Erdogan holding meeting in Sochi

Putin and Erdogan holding meeting in Sochi

The meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan is underway in Russia's Sochi. According to Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the talks between the heads …

Kremlin: Putin-Erdogan talks to be comprehensive

Kremlin: Putin-Erdogan talks to be comprehensive

The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to be held in Sochi today will be complicated, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. …

Erdogan to take next steps in Syria after meeting Putin

Erdogan to take next steps in Syria after meeting Putin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would take “necessary” further steps in northeastern Syria after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 22 in Sochi, the day that a …

Cavusoglu: Syrian Kurds withdrawing from safe zone

Cavusoglu: Syrian Kurds withdrawing from safe zone

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Kurdish YPG militants started to withdraw from the safe zone in northern Syria. Speaking at the TRT World Forum in Istanbul, he highlighted that there …

Erdogan and Johnson discuss Syria in phone call

Erdogan and Johnson discuss Syria in phone call

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a phone conversation yesterday regarding the political developments, according to the Turkish presidency of communications. …

Turkey to resume Peace Spring operation if US missteps

Turkey to resume Peace Spring operation if US missteps

Today, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that Peace Spring military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria will be resumed if the US violates the agreement. “Currently, we have suspended the operation for five days. …

Erdogan warns Kurds as Syria ceasefire gets off to rocky start

Erdogan warns Kurds as Syria ceasefire gets off to rocky start

The ceasefire in northeast Syria got off to a rocky start on Friday, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he would resume a full-scale operation against Kurdish forces if they do not withdraw from a border "safe …

Erdogan: there are no ongoing clashes in Syria

Erdogan: there are no ongoing clashes in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that there were no ongoing clashes in northeastern Syria, where Turkey has been carrying out an offensive, after Ankara agreed with Washington to pause its offensive while Kurdish …

Erdogan names length of 'safe zone' in Syria

Erdogan names length of 'safe zone' in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the 'safe zone' in Syria would stretch 440 km along Turkey’s border, with its eastern edge on its border with Iraq. He added that a depth of 32 km was agreed on …